To add to Bert's post. I am working on some videos right now of John and
"Grace" which will be posted on youtube.com soon. Unfortunately, we were
unable to get any video of John actually driving the hell out of her, but I
got
lots of video of her arrival, grandstand drive through and the Santa
Barbara Concours d'Elegance show, in addition to some interviews with John,
other drivers and some very special folks who made this all possible. Stay
tuned for updates.
Steven Kingsbury
BN1 #598
In a message dated 10/31/2011 9:17:35 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
bertvanbrande@yahoo.com writes:
John Nikas won the Mille Miglia North America held in Southern California
from
25-28th october. During these 4 days he won all 7 stages outright and I
heard
there were some fierce battles with a couple ferraris worth 6 and 10MUSD,
having 3x the number of cylinders and in particular with a 53 Corvette.
John
also won the participant's award and is invited to the "Mille" in Italy all
expenses paid.
I went to the sunday Concours D'elegance in Santa Barbara on
sunday and met with Steven Kingsbury who is tirelessly following John and
capturing everything on video. I saw "Grace" a month ago in Agoura Hills
after it's 7000+ mile run when Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi fame signed the
car.
When John drove up the field at the Concours yesterday Grace seem to be
transformed with an engine rebuild, new exhaust, 100m carbs, cold air
box...
I don't know where exactly all credits are due so I hope Steven can help me
out here but I believe BCS and Moss contributed greatly to this cause as
well
as a number of Healey owners.
The car now sports 3000 signatures from people
John encountered on the road. This car became a symbol for people battling
cancer and a running memorial for people who lost loved ones to cancer.
Check out the video of the start of the Mille at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWwbFqZfOu4
or some great pics at
http://www.facebook.com/driveawaycancernow
you can donate and support this
cause at
http://driveawaycancernow.org/
I am closing with a prayer for all
currently battling cancer including my father in law and in memory of my
own
father who passed away after a battle with cancer 6 years ago.
Bert
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